Exbury Leaflet map

Exbury is an estate village with a cohesive architectural character and important historic landscape features that require protection. Key buildings include St Catherine’s Church (1907, on an 1827 foundation, Gothic Revival by John Oldrid Scott), the 1920s water tower, the old National School (1827) and the ornate Vicarage. Early 1820s housing is in plain buff brick with shallow slate roofs, while later houses use red brick, hipped clay tiles and dormers. Trees—large oaks, planes and planted specimens—dominate views and form the village setting. Conservation guidance emphasizes retaining building characters, using matching materials for extensions (eg Daphne Cottage), protecting trees (including Tree Preservation Orders), and preserving roadside copses that screen the nurseries and maintain the village’s sudden, wooded reveal.